Well, they definitely did after making "4.20" of this year the date of their first release party. Coincidental drug reference? Possible. Likely to have been coincidence? Hardly.

If there's anything I dislike more than the proverbial cliche of judging a book by its cover, it's that such a judgment is so often on the mark. I'll withhold final judgment until I taste it, though. Given that it's naught but a short hop for us to Medford when we visit friends in Portland, we'll visit for a sample soon enough.

Grape bases seem to be to absitnhe, what $$$ light weight wheels are to sports cars, gimmicky and pointless. Or people evaluating HiFi sound systems geeking out about $600 power cords, when speakers, amplifiers, and room accoustics might have more to do with good sound.

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The purity of the ethanol, the herb bill, and the freshness, the procedure, the care in the actual doing of things, etc. probably affect the quality of the product far more. Only when that is addressed, the source of the ethanol might make a difference.

Grape bases seem to be to absitnhe, what $$$ light weight wheels are to sports cars, gimmicky and pointless. Or people evaluating HiFi sound systems geeking out about $600 power cords, when speakers, amplifiers, and room accoustics might have more to do with good sound.

Is it me, or:The purity of the ethanol, the herb bill, and the freshness, the procedure, the care in the actual doing of things, etc. probably affect the quality of the product far more. Only when that is addressed, the source of the ethanol might make a difference.

A grape base can have a pretty substantial impact, for good or ill. There are a bunch of flavours that it can impart (not all high proof grape spirits are the same and neither are production methods), some subtle and some very much not.

After having many a pisco sour, I was then able to pick out the base of Leopold's absinthe much better. The base an absinthe uses absolutely has an impact on the final product (for better or worse). In the Leopold's Absinthe Verte, it's definitely for the better.

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